Baghdad's morgue receives increasing number of bodies

July 07, 2006

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(Warning: this video is not for children.)




In June, Baghdad’s central morgue saw 1,595 bodies come through their door, the most since the February bombing of a Shi’ite shrine in Samarra.

The same morgue received 1,375 bodies in May and 1,155 in April. "

June is the highest month in terms of receiving cases of violence since Samarra," the assistant morgue manager said. He also reported that most of the bodies had gunshot wounds to the head and are believed to be victims of sectarian violence.

Here we show a video with a sample of 10 murder victims as they are collected from the morgue.